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Aren’t basically all modern cars steer by wire? I guess ethernet vs CAN is notable but isn’t that a pretty minor implementation detail?

agloe_dreams 3y ago
Nope, you are thinking of EPS. This is a steering wheel that is not connected to the steering rack at all. It is like a racing wheel for a game console and the steering rack is like a car in the game. Just software.
- Projectiboga 3y ago
  I hope they learned from the Titan submersible to always go at least one step up from the cheapest game controller.
  - gopher_space 3y ago
    Their whole problem was custom hardware. I don't know why people were so hot on them reinventing tested commodity electronics.
    - rcxdude 3y ago
      The complaint wasn't that they used an off-the-shelf controller, it's the fact that it was a no-name aliexpress special (and wireless to boot). They didn't even bother to use a well-respected brand like the wired xbox 360 controller, which has been used in all kinds of similar applications (they also didn't have a spare). It was obvious even to a relative layman that this was emblamatic of a cowboy attitude, compared to the carbon fibre hull which is much harder to evaluate.
      - gopher_space 3y ago
        Seriously? Why would you do that?
      - Tempest1981 3y ago
        > it was a no-name aliexpress special Not according to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion > A modified Logitech F710 wireless game controller was used to steer Even then, it wasn't responsible for the implosion, right?
NikolaNovak 3y ago
Many modern cars are throttle by wire. Orthogonally, many have electric power steering instead of hydraulic power steering, depending what is multiplying your force, but still with actual linkage from your arms / steering wheel, to the turning of the wheels. I am not aware of many that are actually steer by wire.

agloe_dreams 3y ago

Nope, you are thinking of EPS. This is a steering wheel that is not connected to the steering rack at all. It is like a racing wheel for a game console and the steering rack is like a car in the game. Just software.

Projectiboga 3y ago
I hope they learned from the Titan submersible to always go at least one step up from the cheapest game controller.
- gopher_space 3y ago
  Their whole problem was custom hardware. I don't know why people were so hot on them reinventing tested commodity electronics.
  - rcxdude 3y ago
    The complaint wasn't that they used an off-the-shelf controller, it's the fact that it was a no-name aliexpress special (and wireless to boot). They didn't even bother to use a well-respected brand like the wired xbox 360 controller, which has been used in all kinds of similar applications (they also didn't have a spare). It was obvious even to a relative layman that this was emblamatic of a cowboy attitude, compared to the carbon fibre hull which is much harder to evaluate.
    - gopher_space 3y ago
      Seriously? Why would you do that?
    - Tempest1981 3y ago
      > it was a no-name aliexpress special Not according to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion > A modified Logitech F710 wireless game controller was used to steer Even then, it wasn't responsible for the implosion, right?

NikolaNovak 3y ago

Many modern cars are throttle by wire. Orthogonally, many have electric power steering instead of hydraulic power steering, depending what is multiplying your force, but still with actual linkage from your arms / steering wheel, to the turning of the wheels. I am not aware of many that are actually steer by wire.